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   Jorge Stolfi (jorgestolfi@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 21:51:25 JST Jorge Stolfi

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   "Tuvo a todo el mundo en poco;
   fue el espantajo y el coco
   del mundo, en tal coyuntura,
   que acreditó su ventura
   morir cuerdo y vivir loco."

   (OK, volume 2, but whatever.)

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     Project Gutenberg (gutenberg_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 21:51:26 JST Project Gutenberg

     "Didn't I tell you, Don Quixote, sir, to turn back, for they were not armies you were going to attack, but flocks of sheep?"

     #OTD in 1605.

     The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615.

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote

     Don Quixote at PG:
     https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/996
     https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2000
     https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/42524
     https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/35181

     #books #literature